Detectives explained that back in February, one of the students agreed to trade a handgun — which belonged to his deceased father — for $300.

Wildlife officials say two endangered Florida panthers have been struck and killed by vehicles.

Officials say a Florida elementary school principal will not be prosecuted for spanking a 6-year-old girl in front of her mother last month.

CLEWISTON, Fla. – An endangered Florida panther has died following a fight with another panther. It's the fifth panther death reported this year, the second from intraspecific aggression, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The skeletal remains of a 5-year-old male were collected Monday on South Florida Water Management District property in rural Hendry County, just north of Big Cypress Airfield, wildlife officials said. Florida panthers once roamed the entire Southeast, but now their habitat mostly is confined to a small region of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico. Up to 230 Florida panthers remain in the wild.

LABELLE, Fla. An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle. It's the 14th panther death attributed to fatal collisions, out of 16 total deaths this year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The remains of the 3-year-old female panther were found Wednesday in Hendry County on a rural road near the Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area, wildlife officials said. Florida panthers once roamed the entire Southeast, but now their habitat mostly is confined to a small region of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico. Up to 230 Florida panthers remain in the wild.